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U.N. team halts planned Darfur visit
Feb 14 2007 10:58PM (CT)
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) - A U.N. human rights mission said Wednesday it had halted a planned visit to assess alleged atrocities in Sudan's troubled Darfur region because Khartoum had failed to give them visas.
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Some refuse to flee Mozambique flood
Feb 14 2007 4:41PM (CT)
COCORICO, Mozambique (AP) - Relief workers used dugout canoes, motorboats and a U.N. helicopter to rescue villagers from rising floodwaters Wednesday, but others refused to go because it would mean leaving their crops and livestock.
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Violent protests erupt in Guinea
Feb 14 2007 4:28PM (CT)
CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) - At least 64 people were killed in Guinea in the past two days as the West African country imposed martial law, a local human rights group said Wednesday.
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Somalia's warlords re-emerge as a threat
Feb 14 2007 3:08PM (CT)
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - Somalia's warlords are re-emerging and pose a threat to humanitarian aid deliveries to the needy, the United Nations warned Wednesday, as the government struggles to quell growing unrest.
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Anglican conference opens in Tanzania
Feb 14 2007 5:46AM (CT)
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania (AP) - A conference of Anglican leaders opened Wednesday as the 77 million-member church struggles with a potentially disastrous fight over the Bible and sexuality.
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